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If we stay healthy, and no bull**** happens with injuries....yes. By the time playoffs start, I'd expect us to match up pretty evenly against the NBA's upper crust, and be in every series.

With D'antoni at the helm, I'd expect a top3 offense at the minimum, and I think our already respectable D will only continue to improve.

You're being a little ridiculous, though, with the "anybody else in? no more excuses, right?", if your're inferring we are somehow *favorites* to win the title, or it's some manifest destiny.

Just because we can win, or that we "should" win (ie, we are the odds on favorite...which we won't be, but whatever), your likelihood of actually winning is still *never* far above 50%, even if you are the best team in the NBA.

ie, even if we were clearly the best team in the NBA going into the playoffs, not winning a title wouldn't reflect true failure, or missing out on expectations.

If we looked like **** and got trounced, it's a different story; but that's a more qualitative discussion. Our playoff series vs the Celtics last yr is actually a really good model of the contrast between qualitative and quantitative judgements of success and fail, and team performance.

I just watched everyone, including experts say the NY Giants would not win anything @ 7-7... and we did.

I will continue to believe we can until we don't, if we don't. Until then I believe.

Seriously what excuse can be made now? Every single one has been addressed.

Knicks for the Lin.

Agree with you!

Though we should keep two factors in mind before we break out in unconditional euphoria

1) Give them time, there have been so many roster changes in the last couple of weeks and no real training camp and basically no preseason. The season might be too short to get everything and everyone 100% synchronized this year......but we might grab first seed next season and go to the Finals if everyone stays healthy and sticks around.

2) The LIn situation is too good to be true, I really don't want to be sceptical, but it's still very early in Jeremy's career. Right now his numbers and performances are unreal and while the talent is certainly there and I see no reason why he should turn into a bust all of a sudden....we still have to wait and see how his situation turns out when the first hype is over and everyday business kicks in for him and our opponents.
To quote Jeremy: "Hope for the best and prepare for the worst".

I really think we have a good team right now and we can make a good run in the not too distant future.

It's just a bit early to celebrate now, but the potential is there! (I think though that 90% of our success depends on Lin) Without him we were really bad, with him running the show (and the others of course) we look like a legit contender now.

I tell you something, I'll be the first one teared up when we win a championship, it might not happen this year though. I don't know at this point, but I have faith in this team.

Though we should keep two factors in mind before we break out in unconditional euphoria

1) Give them time, there have been so many roster changes in the last couple of weeks and no real training camp and basically no preseason. The season might be too short to get everything and everyone 100% synchronized this year......but we might grab first seed next season and go to the Finals if everyone stays healthy and sticks around.

2) The LIn situation is too good to be true, I really don't want to be sceptical, but it's still very early in Jeremy's career. Right now his numbers and performances are unreal and while the talent is certainly there and I see no reason why he should turn into a bust all of a sudden....we still have to wait and see how his situation turns out when the first hype is over and everyday business kicks in for him and our opponents.
To quote Jeremy: "Hope for the best and prepare for the worst".

I really think we have a good team right now and we can make a good run in the not too distant future.

It's just a bit early to celebrate now, but the potential is there! (I think though that 90% of our success depends on Lin) Without him we were really bad, with him running the show (and the others of course) we look like a legit contender now.

I tell you something, I'll be the first one teared up when we win a championship, it might not happen this year though. I don't know at this point, but I have faith in this team.

you have faith in no one bro im sorry. for the past month you **** talked this team so much that i needed a break from this site at one point. now that they're winning you decide to change your mind? you were quiggle for a good amount of time on this site

The Knicks losing to the bottom feeders of the NBA proves that this team is far from being eligible for a championship.

As a Laker fan trust me it doesn't during the Lakers last two ring we regularly overlooked bad teams like the Bobcats, the Bucks, the Clippers at the time, and Philly at the time and would lose. This is what is called a trap game where you overlook you opponent but it's not a sign of lack of a championship caliber team.

As a Laker fan trust me it doesn't during the Lakers last two ring we regularly overlooked bad teams like the Bobcats, the Bucks, the Clippers at the time, and Philly at the time and would lose. This is what is called a trap game where you overlook you opponent but it's not a sign of lack of a championship caliber team.

It happens way too much to the Knicks. They give enough terrible teams confidence.

the giants lost to the ****ing redskins twice, and seattle ON THE EAST COAST. im probably missing one or two other really bad losses.

The NFL is more of a crapshoot than the NBA. In football all it takes is a team to have a good run to win a superbowl. In basketball if a team has trouble beating terrible teams in the regular season they most likely won't make the playoffs or they'll get exposed in the playoffs. That's why it's so rare for a team to do what the '99 Knicks did when they went on that magical run to the NBA Finals.

This is a new more complete Knicks team even though Melo wasn't playing tonight those other losses to the cavs and cats don't mean much besides in the standings. I'm sure the Knicks just over looked New Orleans plus Lin and the rest of the role players were bound to have a bad game.

I wouldn't put to much emphasis in this loss now if the team is completely healthy and stuff like this keeps happening then I'd be alarmed.